Affirmative and Negative Words
|| Affirmative ||
  • Whether the noun to which the word refers to is singular or plural or feminine or masculine depends on whether you use alguno, alguna, algunos, algunas, ninguno, ninguna, ningunos, nungunas.
  • When alguno and ninguno come before a noun that is masculine and singular, you change them to algún and ningún.

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Practice with affirmative and negative words:
http://www.quia.com/rr/132726.html




Source: http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Spanish/Grammar/Spanish-Verb-Negation.html

Examples of the affirmative:
Siempre y algo: Siempre me gusta probar algo nueva.
Always and something: I always like to try something new.

Alguien: Voy a conocer alguien.
Someone: I am going to meet someone.

También: Me gustaría el sodio también.
Also: I would like the soda also.

Todavia: Todavía estoy cansado.external image th?id=H.4795246076429052&pid=1.7&w=254&h=175&c=7&rs=1
Still: I am still tired.

Ya:¡Basta ya!
Already: Enough already!

Examples of negative:
Nada: Nada es demasiado poco.
Nothing: Nothing is too little.

Nadie: Nadie me conoce mejor.
No one: No one knows me better.

Ninguno/a: Ninguna de ellas es correcta.
None: None of them are correct.

Nunca y ni: Nunca he hecho esto ni eso.
Never and nor: Never have I done this nor that.

Tampoco: Tampoco de ellos son Juan.
Neither: Neither of them are Juan.

Affirmative and negative practice: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/negatives.php


Affirmative and Negative Words in Spanish


A helpful list of flashcards of all the affirmative and negative words are listed on this link here:
http://quizlet.com/286418/affirmative-and-negative-words-spanish-flash-cards/

These words are in Spanish are: Algo, Nada, Ni, Siempre, Nunca, Nadie, Alguien, Alguno, Ninguno,Tambien,
Tampoco.
There equivalents in English are: Something, Nothing, Neither, Always, Never, None, Some, Someone, Not any,Also, Niether.

Here is a chart diplaying the different Affirmative and Negative words


Here are some more helpful websites with practice problems and explanations:
http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/neg.htm
http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100037/negative-and-indefinite-words
http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Spanish/Grammar/Spanish-Verb-Negation.html

Here are some practice problems: